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TheAquamantrailer lastly come thanks to WB ’s instrument panel atSan Diego Comic - Con- but it was n’t the most telling part of the show . The bad word is that the extra footage shown to attendees in Hall H may have deal the movie , and Jason Momoa ’s hero , far more than the trailer expel online .
We ’ve done our best to break down thedifferences betweenAquaman ’s laggard and extra footage , but it ’s not guaranteed that the footage will ever make it online for others to see . And if that ’s the case , it falls to us to explain why the extra footage is a far superscript , and more encouraging preview forAquamanfans .
The Problems With The First Aquaman Trailer
The principal proceeds , or at least the most debatable in respect to theAquamantrailer is pacing , particularly the tempo bear of films of this sizing , this epic tone , and this illusion genre . Rather than drawing the audience in or easy hook their curio , the trailer begins by explicitly stating the blood story of Aquaman , hurl the viewer into flashback to Arthur Curry ’s parents . Through unembodied narration , Momoa outlines the fact : his father was a lighthouse custodian , and his mother a fagot .
It gets the content across , but does n’t do it with any substantial refinement or shade , and the same goes for theHarry Potter - esque find that Arthur can manipulate marine life ( with some shark and fish special consequence we hope get some polish , and a sweeping shot of glowing - eyed Arthur that hopefully fits better in the finished baseball swing ) .
It ’s an awkward introduction , since audiences are potential here to see Jason Momoa as introduced inBvSandJustice League , not his parents or his grade schoolhouse memories .
gratefully the trailer shifts quickly into action , after giving a quick one - liner from the Aquaman we know and love . Unfortunately , the snapshot that follow are mixed with exposition that result in something of a mess . Arthur has a half brother , there ’s a war coming to the surface world , tidal waves , Arthur must be king instead , fighting on a submarine , a gladiator match , a Black Manta with a giant helmet and glowing red eyes … And through it all , Aquaman seems like the cigarette of jokes , incapable of call for things seriously , and little more than the shiver - seeking , hollering pummeler fromBatman V Superman ’s net act .
He ’s supposed to be the hero , but"doesn’t think,“quips about redheads , ca n’t give up ' yeehaw - ing , ' gets a clunker of a punchline noting"the bad peptalk … ever,“and set his first spirit at Atlantis as"badass!“Watching only the dawdler , one could take why the film is n’t calledMera , since she ’s the one dragging the suppose submarine sandwich along his journey . At the very least , the trailer makes it seem like the Aquaman fromBvShas been given his own movie spinoff– and not that Arthur is the champion of his own pic , his own story , in a corner of the DC Universe where he is , literally , king .
These problems are all speak in the additional footage shown exclusively to Hall H attendees . But for those looking to remainSPOILERfree - even if the trailers are n’t place runs as a result - then read no further .
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What The Comic-Con Footage Does Better
It truly is bewilder that the 2d routine of footage , show only to those in Hall H , was n’t the basis for the lagger in reality exhaust to the public . Unlike first official trailer , the second , five - bit longsighted episode begins with calm shots of tropic waters as Arthur ’s narrative talk to the greater significance of his parturition , not as just the Logos of a lighthouse steward and a queen :
My parent were from dissimilar worlds . And I was the product of a love that never should have been . A Logos of the soil . And a son of the seas .
It ’s a more mythological introduction , which also not - so - subtly parallel Arthur ’s mixed heritage with biracial tyke of the real world . So when Mera enters through narration to take he is " the bridge circuit " between worlds , and must accept his rightful purpose as queen , the stake , and his decision are exculpated ( and strongly reverberating with his part scenes inBvS ) .
From there , it ’s two second following Arthur and Mera as they research through the Sahara Desert for an Atlantean temple . They find it - which Arthur note is " badass ! " ( it is ) - and unlock the dead King Atlan ’s secret message . It ’s a scene out of Raiders of the Lost Ark , and one which Arthur punctuates with an unexpected joke … that establish his alternative root actually would have forge , too . The real success of the scene is Momoa and Heard ’s onscreen chemistry , all wanting in the first trailer .
The subject matter fromKing Atlan about the power of his tridentis keep company by shots of Atlantis and its the great unwashed at the height of their sovereignty . Next fare shot of Vulko learn Arthur to oppose and fight himself using his mother ’s quindent , and possibly even modest water manipulation himself . Orm seeking an alliance withKing Nereus of Xebel , too , help to suggest an intelligible secret plan .
But the best action chronological succession is only glimpsed in the trailer , and shown at length in this extra footage .
A scene in which Black Manta ambushes Aquaman and Mera in dramatic fashion , fit with a new suit of armour and some armored Atlantean soldiers . natural endowment from Orm , presumptively , to kill Aquaman . The chase that follows is the most memorable sequence , with Mera running on rooftops pursued beneath ( reminiscent to the Bucky / Cap pursual fromCaptain America : The Winter Soldier ) as Arthur just jump off to avoid Manta ’s laser blasts . The camera work , stunt , and consequence all sing in these pass shots , and raise our hopes and expectations for Wan ’s action filmmaking all on their own .
The footage concludes with Arthur stating he ’s no baron - not a problem , Mera implies , since Atlantis has always had a king . Now,“they need something greater … a hero . “And with that , Momoa come out , trident in mitt , dressed in Aquaman ’s classic orange and greenscale armor .
So , yes , our hopes are high forAquaman . But unless you were there to see the footage in Hall H … that may not be the subject .
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